Empire Exclusive: Official Images of ROTF Preview Wave Bumblebee and Soundwave

Discussion in 'Transformers News and Rumors' started by Tim Formas, Jan 28, 2009.

  1. Brave Magnus

    Brave Magnus Drawings from Argentina! :D

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    Hell yeah! I pass on BB, i already have the 08 version from the first toy line. But Soundwave is a whole different matter, i'm so gonna get it.
     
  2. razorchrist

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    I swear to god that even the designers don't know what that version of Soundwave is supposed to be. It's almost like they made him into a freeformer - "if you bend this here and bend that there, he's... uhhh... a satellite!", "if you move this here and flip that around over there, now he's a jet like thingy", "if you invert that and move these pieces forward, he's an evil space spike", and so on. :) 
     
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    soundwave superior, bumble bee inferior
     
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  5. maharg83

    maharg83 new and improved reissue

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    Like 'em both, but does anyone else think that Soundwave looks like the offspring of Sauron (lord of the rings) and Vector Prime (TF: Cybertron)?
     
  6. Shin Densetsu

    Shin Densetsu I WILL DESTROY YOU Content Contributor Veteran

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    Woman in your sig superior to both.

    I'll be buying Soundwave, I don't want the preview Bumblebee as I prefer the head sculpts on the TF1 versions, as well as the automorph blade/cannons.
     
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    I was planning on passing on the entore ROTF line. These pics help confirm that for me. I have the 74', 08' Bumblebee and Cliffjumper repaint from the first movie line. This new Bumblebee just isn't different enough to me to warrant purchasing it. And as for Soundwave, Megatron from the first movie line was enough to teach me that I don't like cybertronian mode TF's. It doesn't say robots in disguise to me.
     
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    Soundwave = Buy
    BB = Pass (I'll get the Human Alliance one)
     
  9. Alexander Quinn

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    Soundwave looks a bit more solid than I've seen in some earlier shots, so I'm glad about that. He's a grab for me. BB is still, well...BB. I was never really hot for the original mold, and this one is still that mold, just slightly tweeked. If anything, I'm more interested in the Human Alliance version than this one.
     
  10. Alexander Quinn

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    "Evil Space Spike" mode would be my favorite, but don't forget about the highly prized "Space RV" mode that protoform Optimus came in and the "Asteroid with Engines" mode for Starscream. Oh yeah!
     
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    Soundwave looks awesome. I'll for sure get him, but not BB.
     
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    I wouldn't be surprised if this is just a Cybertronian mode for the preview figure like the TFTM protform toys and that Soundwave also has an Earth mode which may or may not get a bigger toy. I doubt they'd release one of the most wanted characters in his only form just as a preview.
     
  13. Bahamut Prime

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    Both look promising indeed!
     
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    ditto
     
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    bumblebees camaro mode looks awsome and soundwave is cool
     
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    I'll definitely get Soundwave, it'll look cool with Protoform Optimus and Starscream. BB is a pass. I already own 4 versions of that mold, and thats way too many.
     
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    Soundwave=do want!

    Bee...eh, already have the TF1 Deluxe.
     
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    I must have both, just in case that human alliance looks stupid in scale!
     
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    Getting Soundwave. Pass on Bumblebee. I'll get the Human Alliance one instead.
     
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    Gotta get Soundwave! :D 
    And I LOL'ED so much when I first saw Bumblebee's alt mode... so many reissues of this fig and they still can't get it right?